Many parents will pay any price to satisfy their whining/crying kids.

Hell in my day my dad would smack me in the back of the head if I wanted a video game that costed $100+.

Originally Posted by Rexall Many parents will pay any price to satisfy their whining/crying kids. Hell in my day my dad would smack me in the back of the head if I wanted a video game that costed $100+.

Yea, I don't understand either. Tickle Me Elmo, anyone?

It really boils down to choice. If someone is willing to pay that much for those, than more power to them.

But it does act as a deterrent for those who wanted to get into the game but doesn't want to deal with after market mark ups like those. Again, I can't blame the flippers for making money off of desperate folks with money, but I still think it sucks for those who want them for their kids.

Originally Posted by wugenius It really boils down to choice. If someone is willing to pay that much for those, than more power to them. But it does act as a deterrent for those who wanted to get into the game but doesn't want to deal with after market mark ups like those. Again, I can't blame the flippers for making money off of desperate folks with money, but I still think it sucks for those who want them for their kids.

Yea, but there's still the bandwagon mentality. If every kid can get it, it might not be as desirable, then your kid won't want it, and it'll be a moot point.

Kids want iStuff cause it's hip, for example. I think statistically, minors have the (slight) majority of iDevices, with the rest wanting them.

Originally Posted by elessar123 Yea, I don't understand either. Tickle Me Elmo, anyone?

LOL, its funny cause my mom went crazy and bulldozed a lady to get me a tickle me elmo during the craze. Still sits at her house and reminds me how much she loves me and how crazy she is.

Originally Posted by wugenius Its not like our cars can run on something other than gas. You cant escape gasoline.

Technically the people on Mythbusters proved that if you have a diesel powered car you could run old deep fryer grease in place of diesel on one of their shows. So at least for those driving Volvos or whatever other cars run on diesel that IS a viable option.

Originally Posted by sp00ge Yes, but HHGregg also is a store that price haggles, so they price their stuff up to give some wiggle room. It was pointed out by another CAG that somewhere on their pricing labels, the lowest price they can go is coded into it, which is at or maybe slightly lower than MSRP.

HHGregg haggles on price? I have NEVER considered haggling on price(either buying or selling) anywhere except for the local game store by my house. I figured I would be laughed out of the store at places like Sears/Kmart if I tried to get a cheaper price. But I know it's not unheard of for people to try and as they say you never know until you try.

But if I saw someone in a normal corporation run retail store trying to get a lower price on something by haggling with the clerks I'd probably just chuckle and shake my head.

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Originally Posted by IAmTheCheapestGamer Technically the people on Mythbusters proved that if you have a diesel powered car you could run old deep fryer grease in place of diesel on one of their shows. So at least for those driving Volvos or whatever other cars run on diesel that IS a viable option.

Yes I know about this Biodiesel option. Although it isn't as viable as you say.

One, you need to have a diesel vehicle, which I don't. (Though I don't know the statistics of diesel vs. gasoline vehicle owners) Then you have the issue of converting your diesel engine to run on biodiesel. Then you have to find a steady supply of the biodiesel. (From my understanding, unless you own a restaurant or can get a restaurant to give or sell it to you, it would rule that out)

But it is still an option for those with the diesel powered vehicles. As for having to convert the engine, I really thought the people on MB ran straight biodiesel w/o modifications on one of the tests.

http://cnj.craigslist.org/vgm/2940970756.html

In box Nintendo NES Action Set withChip n dale rescue rangers 2 - $180



the box is in good condition along with the console and games comes with all the original manuals and comes with mariobros/duck hunt, yoshi, and chip n dale rescue rangers 2 which is a rare game i also have the original baggy's that the adaptors to the console come in

Originally Posted by Rexall http://cnj.craigslist.org/vgm/2940970756.html In box Nintendo NES Action Set withChip n dale rescue rangers 2 - $180 the box is in good condition along with the console and games comes with all the original manuals and comes with mariobros/duck hunt, yoshi, and chip n dale rescue rangers 2 which is a rare game i also have the original baggy's that the adaptors to the console come in

That really isn't that bad at all. That NES looks pretty damn minty, and Chip n Dale 2 goes for 80-100 on ebay.

you serious? 80-100? That I did not know.

Originally Posted by Rockinjs take a look at this crap http://greenville.craigslist.org/vgm/2942935756.html

I just flagged that bad boy "Best of Craigslist"

http://denver.craigslist.org/vgm/2950623211.html

EarthBound SNES - $500 (Lakewood co) Date: 2012-04-10, 12:07PM MDT Reply to: xxc58-2950623211@sale.craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Earthbound for the SNES system. Includes game, guide, and box. Box has very mild wear almost like new. Call Jeremy at 303-859-3404 for more information.

I know Earthbound is valuable but this seems a bit high...

He probably saw this auction and thought his asking price would be reasonable:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Ear...item43ad857847

Huh...I'm really glad I didn't care for Earthbound, it'd kill me trying to buy it.

Yeah, Craigslist sellers don't know how to estimate true worth very well. I imagine most people type the game into ebay and see the "New" prices and think their games are worth a ton of money, or don't look at completed listing at all.

Lol for the past week some guy has been listing his "rare" red wii, he put it back up today, and he mustve got a lot of bad replies because the title now reads "My not so rare red wii plus adult owned games" ROFL

I hate when you send someone an e-mail asking about what they're selling, they don't reply, then re-list it again and in the ad say "e-mail if you want to know what games I have". WTF?

Another thing that sucks is when you finally find a good deal but the person seems too crazy for it to be worth it. For example I see an ad like this recently:

Game boy color and pokemon games - $10

I have a game boy color and a few pokemon games. Willing to take ten dollars or best offer or you could buy me some KFC i'm that desperate. just want to get rid of it.

Are you ing kidding me?

Eww, yeah, KFC is disgusting.

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